Between 4Q16 and 4Q17, Halliburton’s (HAL) total debt decreased 12%, while its cash and marketable securities decreased 42%. In effect, its net debt increased 3% to ~$8.6 billion. Although HAL’s total…

Previously, we analyzed Halliburton’s (HAL) revenue. Operating income-wise, the C&P (Completion and Production) segment turned around between 4Q16 and 4Q17, growing 5.5x to $552 million due to higher pressure pumping…

Halliburton (HAL) CEO Jeff Miller cited the company’s geographic diversity as part of its key strategy to garner solid growth in 4Q17. In the company’s 4Q17 earnings conference call, he stated that “geographic…

Nabors Industries’ (NBR) correlation with crude oil prices from February 12, 2017, to February 12, 2018, was -0.50. Nabors Industries’ correlation with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA-INDEX) from February…